Aviation Briefing Service

The Aviation Briefing Service is free of charge for non-commerical pilots flying within the UK and includes up-to-the-minute forecasts and observations.

If you require briefing information for commercial use, please contact [email protected].

How to Register/Renew

 

Click here to access our statement of Operational Use.

Click here to access our user guide for more information on the Aviation Briefing Service.

Why Change to Premium Service?

Once you've registered for the free version, you can upgrade to Premium for just £24 per year, inlcuding VAT. Please note that this service will remain available only until March 2026, after which it will be replaced by MAVIS.
For more information about MAVIS, click here.

The Met Office, under the CAA's guidance, provides products for the UK Flight Information Region. For non-UK flights, pilots should use company flight planning systems or local Met services. European weather radar remains available on the briefing portal.

The table below lists features of the premium version

Click here to access examples of the premium features 

Features 

Product	Free Version	Premium version
Synoptic (surface pressure) charts - 00UTC model run, out to T+84	✔	✔
Synoptic (surface pressure) charts - 12UTC model run, out to T+120		✔
Low Level Briefing Charts - Forms F215, F214, F414, F415	✔	✔
High level significant weather charts (WAFC)		✔
Flight level wind and temperature charts		✔
UK and near Europe TAF and METAR bulletins	✔	✔
Nearby/Recent Location Searches	✔	✔
UK Ballooning Forecasts	✔	✔
UK SIGMETs	✔	✔
"Near Europe" SIGMETs		✔
UK GAMETs	✔	✔
London CTA helicopter forecasts	✔	✔
Volcanic Ash Advisories (London/Toulouse VAAC)	✔	✔
UK Regional Pressure Settings	✔	✔
Weather Map Viewer	✔	✔
UK observed weather map layers - visible and infrared satellite imagery and lightning, thunderstorms (day and night)	✔	✔
UK high resolution rainfall radar (every 15 mins)	✔
UK high resolution rainfall radar    (every 5 mins)		✔
"Near Europe" rainfall radar		✔
Europe area satellite imagery		✔
UK High resolution forecast map layers - Precipitation rate	✔	✔
Forecast map layers - Wind (arrows and fletches), Wind and Temperature, Temperature for range of flight levels	✔	✔
UK High resolution forecast map layers - Precipitation type, Visibility, Total cloud, Cloud layers, Fog		✔
Aerodrome Warnings email alerts	✔	✔